An Affirmative Prayer

Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of love.

I now allow this love to flow to the surface. It fills my heart, my body, my mind, my consciousness, my very being, and radiates out from me in all directions and returns to me multiplied. 

The more love I use and give, the more I have to give, the supply is endless. 

The use of love makes me feel good, it is an expression of my inner joy. 

I love myself therefore, I take loving care of my body. I lovingly feed it nourishing food and beverages.   

I lovingly groom it and dress it, and my body lovingly responds to me with vibrant health and energy. 

I love myself therefore I provide for myself a comfortable home, one that fills all my needs and is a pleasure to be in. I fill the rooms with the vibration of love so that all who enter, myself included, will feel this love and be nourished by it.

 I love myself, therefore I work at a job that I truly enjoy doing, one that uses my creative talents and abilities, working with and for people that I love and that love me, and earning a good income.

I love myself therefore I behave and think in a loving way to all people, for I know that that which I give out returns to me multiplied. I only attract loving people into my world for they are a mirror of what I am. 

I love myself therefore, I forgive and totally release the past and all past experiences and I am free. 

I love myself therefore, I live totally in the now, experiencing each moment as good and knowing that my future is bright and joyous, and secure for I am a beloved child of the universe and the universe lovingly takes care of me now and forever more. 

Amen.

This was written by Louise Hay. It pretty much touches on everything- from relationships, to work, to health so I love it. (I wonder how many times the word 'love' is in this post!?) I recently discovered it. I am now reading it every morning to start my day.

What's the Big Deal About GMOs?

I already lean toward the natural side when it comes to anything I'm ingesting into my body or putting onto my body. Within the past year I have switched to all natural soap, deodorant, lotion, face wash, and I do my best to eat only organic non-GMO items. On an intuitive level it simply seems like the best thing to do for  myself. I don't want my body to be constantly working overtime to detox. And I have done my own research to read up on the information that is out there on GMOs. Going all natural is work, and I still have a a ways to go, but I have made major progress.

After everything I have looked into I strongly believe that GMOs are not good for the body. However, time will certainly reveal the truth. In the meantime, I'm not willing to put my health on the line with the possibility that GMOS are okay. I urge you to do your own investigation to decide for yourself.

There are tons of articles on the topic of GMOs, and here is one for thought.

Too Bad I Know Better

Thanks for all the admiration
but I don't want it from you
why does it have to be so ironic
I don't want the attention
I don't need the admiration
I know what I want and
unfortunately it's not the same
thing that you do

So Ironic
I guess this is how it's supposed to be
but why oh, why?
It's got to be so much fun
Wishing I was one of those girls
that didn't know what she wanted
But it's too bad I do.

Laughing at My Love Life

I read something the other day that reminded me to see the humor in difficult situations. And I must have taken it to heart because I am sitting here, laughing at what has been the most frustrating aspect of my life for seven years...my love life!

I'm setting my ego aside here, because a part of me would love for everyone to think that I don't have any issues with relationships. But, um, we know that would be bullshit because who doesn't? I mean, relationships are mirrors of ourselves. They bring out the best in us and bring to light what we need to work on.

So, after all this self work I've done in the past year and a half of taking responsibility of my own issues  (basically choosing not to take on a victim role) now it's time to not take myself so seriously; to sit back and enjoy the journey. 

I think that I used to be enticed by drama in my life, for different reasons. But now, I don't have time or energy to waste on that. I have things to accomplish and love to give! Not just to a partner, but to the world.

I'm ready for a family and kids and the whole nine yards. This is the first time in my life that I've felt ready. It used to always seem like a far off goal.

Putting this out into the universe, so we will see what and when this happens. In the meantime, I'm focusing on having fun and enjoying the present. Because, why worry? What will be, will be! Sometimes that's easier said than done, but I'm getting better everyday.

Highlights From 'A Return to Love'

I don't think I've ever highlighted a book as much as I did in 'A Return to Love'. Here are some of my favorite quotes that spoke to me. Maybe you will appreciate them too. And if they do resonate with you, I strongly encourage you to read the book. :)

"Until your knees finally hit the floor, you're just playing at life, and on some level you're scared because you know you're just playing. The moment of surrender is not when life is over. It's when it begins.

And whether we love, or close our hearts to love, is a mental choice we make, every moment of everyday.

Love in your mind produces love in your life. This is the meaning of Heaven.

Closing our hearts destroys our peace because it's alien to our nature. It warps us and turns us into people we are not meant to be.

 Most of us are so sick of ourselves, in one way or another. It's unbelievable how tenaciously we cling to what we've prayed to be released from.

Surrender means, by definition, giving up an attachment to results. When we surrender to God, we let go of our attachment to how things happen on the outside and we become more concerned with what happens on the inside.

Our internal state determines our experience of our lives; our experiences do not determine our internal state.

The question is not, "What kind of God would let children starve?" but rather, "What kind of people would let children starve?"

At the last moment, when things look the worst, God does tend to appear. Not because he has a sadistic sense of humor, waiting until we're totally desperate before showing us his muscle. He takes so long because it's not until then that we bother to think about Him. All this time, we thought we were waiting for Him. Little did we know, He was waiting for us.

We think there are different categories of life, such as money, health, relationships, and then, for some of us, another category called 'spiritual life'. But only the ego categorizes. There is really only one drama going on in life: our walk away from God, and our walk back. We simply reenact the one drama in different ways. 

Relationships exist to hasten our walk to God.

Relationships are assignments. They are part of a vast plan for our enlightenment, the Holy Spirit's blueprint by which each individual soul is led to greater awareness and expanded love. Relationships are the Holy Spirit's laboratories in which He brings together people who have the maximal opportunity for mutual growth. He appraises who can learn most from whom at any given time, and then assigns them to each other.

People who have the most to teach us are often the ones who reflect back to us the limits to our own capacity to love, those who consciously or unconsciously challenge our fearful positions. They show us our walls. Our walls are our wounds-- the places where we feel we can't love any more, can't connect any more deeply, can't forgive past a certain point. We are in each other's lives in order to help us see where we most need healing, and in order to help us heal."

Music That Speaks to My Soul

I'm so happy that two of my favorite bands have released awesome new music this year. Feel like sharing what I love.

You felt the weight of the world
fall off your shoulder
And to your favorite song
we sang along to the start of forever
And after all this time, I'm still into you

[All-Mother:]
You fought to withdraw from a location which has,
inside of it, severe quantifiable pain. I nearly terminated
the mission. Nearly terminated your life.
Yet, you desire to set a course back to it.
I am not equipped to comprehend human rational.
Sirius, is this what love is?

[Sirius Amory:]
...Yes.

She gave her heart, to a falling star
The news filtered through of his tragedy
All the walls went up,
Around the world she climbs
As the tears from her eyes fall
No one understands and no one will
All she has lost

Bootsey & Dempsey

Sometimes I like to tease my cats... :)  They're the cutest.

Read This

This book is so beautiful! Transforming. Healing. If you're ready for a new life, read this! I've never highlighted a book so much because so many sentences correspond with my heart and jump off the page to where I'm saying 'Yes! That totally makes sense!'